Georgian police arrest two for online drug trafficking
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After a two-month investigation, the Interior Ministry has opened an investigation into two individuals in Tbilisi yesterday for drug trafficking.
A 26-year-old woman and 23-year-old man have been charged with distribution of narcotics online.
Drug trafficking via the internet remains the most difficult challenge, the Deputy Interior Minister Natia Mezvrishvili said at today’s briefing.
"The police secretly observed the routes of the accused and studied their tactics, as well as finances. Several test purchases were also made,” Mezvrishvili said explaining that those who would like to purchase drugs communicated with the offenders via an online application.
"After ordering the wanted amount and type of drugs the clients would receive confirmation with a bank account number and amount of money. As soon as the offenders would receive the money the clients would receive a photo of the purchased drugs including the place and address of it,” she added.
According to the investigation, the places where the offenders would hide the drugs for their clients included entrances of residential buildings and public places in different districts of Tbilisi.
While checking the car of the accused woman, the police found 43 packages of drugs ready for clients. 19 other packages were also found at different places around the city.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reported at a special briefing in the afternoon that they have detained seven narco traffickers who possessed and sold drugs in especially large quantities.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs says six bags of heroin were hidden in their footwear amounting to more than 1 kilogram.
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The Georgian Interior Ministry announced the detention of a German citizen for the possession of a large quantity of drugs at his home in Tbilisi. The individual, identified only as L. A. reportedly kept 2,644 pills of "ecstasy”, 323 pills of "subutex” and 400gr of cocaine.
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The Interior Ministry continues its "uncompromising fight” against drug trafficking in cooperation with the Prosecutors Office, reads the statement by the ministry.
The accused citizen was arrested in Phonichala district of Tbilisi. His offence is punishable by imprisonment of eight to twenty years.
Law enforcement operatives have arrested an individual in Georgia's capital Tbilisi with a charge of transporting and storing illicit substances at 1,709 locations in the city before selling them.
The MIA says they will continue investigating trafficking cases involving adolescents and will "react strictly” even if the victim and offender are close relatives.
Deputy Director of Ltd. Regional Healthcare Center Nugzar J. has been detained for assistance in receiving bribes in large quantities for the Head of the State Regulatory Agency for Medical Activities of the Ministry of Health of Georgia Gia Tvalavadze.
Tbilisi City Court has sent two individuals to prison for the sale of drugs in large quantities at Tbilisi night clubs and other areas.
Georgian law enforcers have detained one individual for the illegal purchase and possession of drugs, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA).
Georgian law enforcers detained 11 individuals for online drug trafficking and closed four online drugstores in the first four months of 2021, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said in his annual report to parliament today.